From the files of Glasgow Times of 57 years ago - dated 12 July 1945. Glasgow's Jockey Row has a long history. 57 years ago it teemed with color and action. The Times advertised, "J. J. McCafferty, the well known Western horseman, will sell to the highest bidder on Jockey Row, for cash, two car loads of mares and horses, bred from Hambletonian stallions and Texas mares. Before the sale, genuine cowboys will give a free exhibition in fancy western riding and lasso work." The road west was a long road, but still it lured many from Barren county, even though they often took the long road home in a short time. More is reported of the large group who almost depopulated old Rocky Hill to try their fortunes in the new land: "We understand that several of the emigrant party who went out of Old Rocky Hill to Texas have returned." Others have written their friends to buy them some fattening hogs as they will return to the land of their birth as soon as they could and intend to stay. This is the land of hogs, hominy and plenty; we shouldn't forget." It was the custom in the old days for citizens to gather at the cemetery on Sundays to visit the resting places of their dead. Most lots had wrought iron benches on them for the convenience of those who measured their visit, not in minutes, but hours. So indignation ran high when the privacy of these visits was violated as the Times witnesses: "There is complaint that Sunday loafers and loungers have taken possession of all available seats at the cemetery, to the exclusion of those who put the seats there, and to whom the lots belong. One gentleman complains that he walked out of the cemetery Sunday and was excluded from the lot where his dead were buried by crowds of idlers sitting around, laughing and jesting and cracking hickory nuts on the nearby monuments. Changes were marked each week in the life which centered around the square. J. F. F. Jewell bought the Shirley brick kiln and announced he would build a handsome residence on the corner lot. S. Goodman was planning to build a new store building and residence on the lot where his business was being operated. The new addition of Pages Heights was in the first stages of developement. Jack Clark, who owned it, announced he would build his home there. At Normal Hall, citizens were looking forward to an Art Loan and Art Gallery which was to be one exhibition there. John S. Botts and Miss Lillie Deah were married. Spirits, dampened by failure of the first trying for a gas well in Glasgow, soared again with the return of E. R. Chase of Finley, Ohio, who was willing to try his luck again. He proposed to the city fathers that if he was granted the same exclusive privileges as were granted his home company the past spring that he would commence boring for natural gas within 60 days. The privileges were granted him, much land was leased and he left for home to gather up his drilling rigs and derricks. Glasgow fans were reading with avid interest accounts reprinted from the Louisville Post concerning the "pink tea" to be given in Louisville by Mrs. Henry Murrell for Miss Rosa Gorin, granddaughter of Mrs. Olivia Rogers, of this place, and "one of the charming debutantes of 1887." The tea was to follow the New Orleans style and would be featured by pink china, pink table cloth, pink napkins, pink flowers and the guests were to all come in pink costumes. Four well known society ladies of Louisville were to serve: Misses Fannie Burge, Lillie Anderson, Lillie, Jennie Munday. Sandi To post to lists: [email protected] or [email protected] Sandi's Puzzlers: http://www.gensoup.org/gorinpuzzles/index.php Sandi's Website: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/

Rosa Gorin was the daughter of James and Mary Kate Rogers Gorin.  I have that she married John Davis and had two sons, John and Rogers. ________________________________ From: Sandra K. Gorin <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Sent: Friday, June 8, 2012 4:22 PM Subject: [SCKY] BARREN CO - JOCKEY ROW AND OTHER THNGS From the files of Glasgow Times of 57 years ago - dated 12 July 1945. Glasgow's Jockey Row has a long history. 57 years ago it teemed with color and action. The Times advertised, "J. J. McCafferty, the well known Western horseman, will sell to the highest bidder on Jockey Row, for cash, two car loads of mares and horses, bred from Hambletonian stallions and Texas mares. Before the sale, genuine cowboys will give a free exhibition in fancy western riding and lasso work." The road west was a long road, but still it lured many from Barren county, even though they often took the long road home in a short time. More is reported of the large group who almost depopulated old Rocky Hill to try their fortunes in the new land: "We understand that several of the emigrant party who went out of Old Rocky Hill to Texas have returned." Others have written their friends to buy them some fattening hogs as they will return to the land of their birth as soon as they could and intend to stay. This is the land of hogs, hominy and plenty; we shouldn't forget." It was the custom in the old days for citizens to gather at the cemetery on Sundays to visit the resting places of their dead. Most lots had wrought iron benches on them for the convenience of those who measured their visit, not in minutes, but hours. So indignation ran high when the privacy of these visits was violated as the Times witnesses: "There is complaint that Sunday loafers and loungers have taken possession of all available seats at the cemetery, to the exclusion of those who put the seats there, and to whom the lots belong. One gentleman complains that he walked out of the cemetery Sunday and was excluded from the lot where his dead were buried by crowds of idlers sitting around, laughing and jesting and cracking hickory nuts on the nearby monuments. Changes were marked each week in the life which centered around the square. J. F. F. Jewell bought the Shirley brick kiln and announced he would build a handsome residence on the corner lot. S. Goodman was planning to build a new store building and residence on the lot where his business was being operated. The new addition of Pages Heights was in the first stages of developement. Jack Clark, who owned it, announced he would build his home there. At Normal Hall, citizens were looking forward to an Art Loan and Art Gallery which was to be one exhibition there. John S. Botts and Miss Lillie Deah were married. Spirits, dampened by failure of the first trying for a gas well in Glasgow, soared again with the return of E. R. Chase of Finley, Ohio, who was willing to try his luck again. He proposed to the city fathers that if he was granted the same exclusive privileges as were granted his home company the past spring that he would commence boring for natural gas within 60 days. The privileges were granted him, much land was leased and he left for home to gather up his drilling rigs and derricks. Glasgow fans were reading with avid interest accounts reprinted from the Louisville Post concerning the "pink tea" to be given in Louisville by Mrs. Henry Murrell for Miss Rosa Gorin, granddaughter of Mrs. Olivia Rogers, of this place, and "one of the charming debutantes of 1887." The tea was to follow the New Orleans style and would be featured by pink china, pink table cloth, pink napkins, pink flowers and the guests were to all come in pink costumes. Four well known society ladies of Louisville were to serve: Misses Fannie Burge, Lillie Anderson, Lillie, Jennie Munday. Sandi To post to lists: [email protected] or [email protected] Sandi's Puzzlers: http://www.gensoup.org/gorinpuzzles/index.php Sandi's Website: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message